Drake Bell‘s spouse Janet Von Schmeling has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable variations, every week after Dayton Beach Police issued a discover that the Drake and Josh star was “missing and endangered.”
Bell, 36, was later discovered secure by police mere hours after the discover was revealed on April 13. The circumstances of his transient disappearance haven’t been formally acknowledged.
In a since-deleted tweet that went up quickly after Bell was discovered secure, the previous little one star wrote, “You leave your phone in the car and don’t answer for the night and this?”
Von Schmeling, 28, petitioned to divorce Bell on Thursday in a submitting to the Los Angeles County’s Superior Court. According to the submitting, Von Schmeling is looking for authorized and bodily custody of the kid she shares with Bell, in addition to spousal assist.
The couple have been notoriously non-public about their relationship, with Bell asserting their marriage in a June 2021 Twitter publish, revealing that he had and his spouse had wed “almost three years” prior. He additionally wrote they have been “blessed to be the parents of a wonderful son.”
Von Schmeling’s divorce petition states they have been married for 3 years and 6 months.
In early January of this yr, an unnamed supply instructed PEOPLE that Bell and Von Schmeling had separated “a few months ago.”
“Janet is devoted to raising their son,” the supply mentioned. “Drake and Janet are committed to maintaining a peaceful co-parenting relationship and giving their son the best life possible.”
News of the separation got here weeks after images and a video of Bell have been revealed by the Daily Mail seemingly exhibiting him inhaling balloons in his automobile whereas outdoors a California vape store. Bell’s son may very well be seen within the backseat of the automobile in some photographs.
After the images emerged, Bell sought “outpatient help for substance abuse,” the supply instructed PEOPLE.
Bell has confronted quite a few authorized points through the years.
His popularity took an enormous hit in 2021 when he pleaded responsible to prices of tried little one endangerment and disseminating matter dangerous to juveniles. In the case, Bell admitted to sending sexually specific images to a 15-year-old woman in 2017. He not too long ago accomplished his two-year probation.
In 2015, an ex-girlfriend accused Bell of verbal and bodily abuse towards her within the 2000s. He denied the allegations.
— With recordsdata from Global News’ Sarah Do Couto
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